Trustworthiness as a Moral Determinant of Economic Activity: Lessons from the Classics

Michel Zouboulakis

Forum for Social Economics, 2010, vol. 39, issue 3, 209-221

Abstract: This paper reviews the way that social norms and ethical values in general, and trustworthiness in particular, is perceived to affect the behavior of economic agents in view of the work of Adam Smith, Nassau William Senior and John Stuart Mill. Classical Political economists held that economic actions are context-dependent and thus constantly under the influence of social norms and values. It is further suggested here that Classical Economists had established that trustworthiness acts as a general ethical precondition for the efficient behaviour of the markets and an important asset of the national social capital.

Date: 2010
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DOI: 10.1007/s12143-009-9057-6

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